registered or licensed in new york. reporter: new york s attorney general filed this 200+ page lawsuit after a three year long investigation. james also flagging what she said are possible crimes to federal investigators. we are referring those criminal violations that we have uncovered to the united states attorney for the southern district of new york, and the internal revenue service. reporter: james pointed to trump s fifth avenue apartment as an example of the fraud. trump allegedly claimed it was 30,000 square feet, when it was actually 11,000, valued at 327 million. to this date, no appointment apartment in new york city has ever sold for close to that amount. reporter: james said the motive was to entice banks to loan them more money and to allow trump and his companies to pay less in taxes. honestly, there is tax fraud going on here, given the massive inflation of these values.
which gives the attorney general broad and special powers, to go after persistent and repeated fraud and illegality. as part of demonstrating ill legality under that law, they violated several state criminal laws including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud, and engaging in a conspiracy to commit each of these state law violations. we believe the conduct alleged in this action also violates federal criminal law, including issuing false statements to financial institutions and bank fraud. we are referring those criminal violations that we ve uncovered to the united states attorney for the southern district of new
goldman assistant united states attorney for the southern district of new york. he also served as general counsel for the house intelligence committee during the first trump impeachment. good evening to all of you. thank you for being with us tonight. carol leonnig, joe biden started his campaign when he first declared that he was running with the idea that it was a fight for the soul of this nation. but genuinely speaking, he doesn t speak about donald trump. and genuinely speaking, when he does, he doesn t speak negatively about donald trump. today that all changed. it absolutely did ali. i don t think i ve ever heard him say anything so forceful and aggressive about the, quote, former guy or president depending on a speaking. i think what was striking about this moment was that joe biden grabbed the pole with both hands. and he said here s the deal folks. here is the guy who spread the big lie. here s the guy who s a sore loser. he all but called donald trump